Pennant Label Co-Op
Growing up in New Haven, the Yale Co-Op was an Ivy Heyday version of Target or H & M. Besides books and Yale paraphernalia the “Koop” offered l...
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J. Press Goes Hollywood
Sporting his grandfather Paul Press’ 1969 custom J. Press tuxedo, my son Ben, Head of Film and TV for Coldplay star Chris Martin’s Outlyer Entertai...
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Back Where I Belong
My farewell at J. Press five years after the sale of the family business in 1986 was orchestrated by Norbert Ford. Norbert was a charismatic entre...
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Winning The Pennant
A selfie of yours truly pictured in a J. Press Pennant Label Dartmouth Varsity Letter Jacket belies the truth.
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A Serendipitous Collaboration
Over the past several years J. Press has engaged in sibling relationships engaging a range of menswear resources laying new frosting onto our Ivy c...
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The Leisure Class
Four score and five years ago yours truly had his tushie spanked in New Haven Hospital...
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Keeper Of The Flame
The flame roared on 44th and Vanderbilt at a beer sodden Threading The Needle II book signing kindled by John Burton’s Ivy Style Podcast at J. Pres...
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Christmas Vacation 1958
Vignettes from times past when my Loomis Chaffee closest pals Gene Mercy, John Suisman, and yours truly, the three amigos, tripped the light fantas...
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Upholding Grandpa’s Golden Rules
Threading the Needle ~ Upholding Grandpa’s Golden Rules Grandpa Jacobi Press formulated his Golden Rules when he founded his eponymous business car...
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Behold The Rules Of Ivy
Threading the Needle ~ Behold The Rules Of Ivy Over a decade has passed since I transcribed “The Rules Of Ivy” while asserting my role as co-curat...
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Campus Corduroy
Threading the Needle ~ Campus Corduroy Alan Pakula, a years past J. Press regular and the 1976 director of the film All The President’s Men, made c...
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Heartfelt Intro To A Weighty Tome
Threading The Needle II, currently in circulation, affords the opportunity to include my Introduction in our bi-weekly thread. One of my favorite c...
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